TOM WAITS
The Black Rider
Flash Pan Hunter Lyrics

Flash Pan Hunter

The flash pan hunter sways with the windHis rifle is the sound of the morningEach sulfurous bullet way have it's own witEach cartridge comes with a warningBeware of elaborate telescopic meatsThey will find their way back to the forest

ChorusFor wilhelm can't waitTo be peg leg's crownAs the briar is stranglingThe rose back down

His back shall be my slender new branchIt will sway and bend in the breezeAs the devil does his polkaWit ha hatchet in his handAs a sniper in the branches of the treesAs the vulture flutters downAs the snake sheds his doveWilhelm's cutting off his fingersSo they'll fit into his glove